Review: FATCAT Ice Cream Bar

Cafe-hunter, X and Nana on a mission to find Salted-Egg-Yolk-Sauce waffle. 

... ... Just joking. I went Bedok to run some errand and we decided to go cafe-hunting there. Also, this will be our last cafe-hunting session together before he fly off to Europe for school+leisure. Yes, he is going with his classmates alone without me.

Okay, but to the cafe that interests us!

FATCAT Ice Cream Bar

416 Bedok North Avenue 2

#01-25

Singapore 460416

They are a neighborhood café that just opened at the start of the year, but there are so many bloggers and media singing praises of it. This is the best example, just look at the instagram feed ↓ . Everything look so photogenic! No need to position the food, just snap and viola super instagram-able photossss!

image cr: instagram

 Even the sign placing outside of the door also photogenic ↓!

Blackforest Sphere

This one-mouth dessert cost $4.50. The display of this dish feels very atas feel. Sorry, I am not the kind of the girl that is into fine dining. So, it just looks like round agar agar, but more watery kind. So how does it taste? According to X, it taste like brandy and agar agar. By the way, this dish is under 'Plated Desserts'.

Gourmet Charcoal Waffle

Salted caramel sauce. Sprinkles of dried lavender. And everything nice. Powerpuff girls! It is a BLACK CHARCOAL waffle! To be honest, it is a bit tasteless. I guess that's why you must put the ice cream on top of it. duh! But why risking it getting soggy?! The salted egg yolk sauce aka liusha ↓ taste like those mid-autumn egg yolk mooncake grainy texture not like those liu sha bun bao kind of sweet taste smooth texture. By the way, the salted egg yolk sauce (+ $1) is not include when you ordered the waffle ($6).

Ice-cream
We had Vanilla and Yoghurt Sorbet. Not too bad. They have a lot of other flavours like watermelon soju sorbet,  hay & honey, thai milk tea and etc. Do try them out.

#ThrowbackThursday

Suddenly I remember this conversation when I was looking at the old-dated resume of mine on MRT today. Really like #throwbackthursday feel!

Well, some background story. This happened in 2009 when I was in Poly yr 2. I was very determined to find a job to save/shop more.

On my resume, I used to write travelling as one of my hobby and the other one is reading. I decided to strike it off after an interview with a well-known bookstore in Singapore (hint: Starts with 'K' and rhythms with Yoshinoya).

So, there are 3 interviewers interviewing me. Firstly, they make me type a lot of things which I screwed up because I panicked. And then face-to-face interview, this is the conversation with one of them. I will call her 'B'.

B: So your interest is travelling, what country have you been to?
Me: Malaysia and Bangkok
B: Huh. Just this two countries and you assume you like travelling?"

I don't remember what I replied. But at that point of time, I was really really hurt. When I wrote travelling as my hobby, I thought travelling is all about the experience and feeling and not really about the places you have been to. After the interview, I remember crying at Takashimaya carpark to X my boyfriend saying that if I have enough money to travel around the world, why do I need to work part-time. Right, B? If I have enough money to travel around the world, why I need to go work part-time and get interviewed by you all, right? 

But I should look on the bright side. Lucky, they didn't ask me in detailed what kind of books do I like to read, when I answered them "Fantasy and Mystery".

"I like to read Enid Blyton's especially his Famous Five, Detective Kindaichi, Detective Conan and Harry Potter." 

I bet this will be their reaction. 

Review: 3M Nexcare Acne Patch

在一个风和日丽的早上..

ARGGHHHHH!! PIMPLES!

Just when I thought Auntie M will be nice to me because I have enough stress at work and school, she decided to give me pimples. Pimples, my No.2 arch enemy, No.1 will forever belongs to blackhead.

Well, she present me a chance to try out 3M Nexcare Acne Patch. My friend was is in love with it, she was going non-stop about how good it is. As quoted from her, "suck all the pimple pus out and you can totally can go out in it and people wouldn't notice it at all."

Does it really works like miracle or just some gimmick? According to my research, it is a round plaster-like stuff that contains Hydrocolloid dressing. Just stick it on your pimples/acne/zits and it will 'pop' the pimple without actual popping it! How cool is that?!

So this is the item inside. Just this with instruction manual. It cost about $7-8+. Personally, I feel that it is overpriced la. There is another brand that sell it cheaper but not sure does it work like the 3M ones. Will give it a try when I finish this pack  But for the miracle that you are going to experience, I am going to say it is money well spent. I hope.

Let's go thru it step by step.
* I know the photos are not very clear. Please bear with me.

Step 1: 

Cleanse your face well especially the problem areas with acne. Gently pat the skin dry with a clean towel.

This is after bathing and cleansing with facial wash. But you can clearly see the pimples just under my nose and some partying just around my chin.

Step 2: 

Remove 3M Nexcare™ Acne Patch from the box and peel open the plastic pouch. Select a suitable sized patch which is able to cover the acne and place it centred on the acne opening. Ensure the skin is dry when the acne patch is used. Gently press the edge of the patch with clean and dry fingers for better adhesion.

Step 2 check! Even though Step 5 claims that it is skin coloured and transparent. Just look at the photo above and you be the judge. In my personal opinion, I don't think you can go out with this stick on your face. It is screaming for attention. I will advise you to use it at night before you sleep and remove them when you wake up. It keeps your itchy fingers from peeling them. Well, you can use it in during the day if you don't mind people giving you the are-you-siao-lang (are-you-crazy) stare.

Step 3: 

Once the colour changes from skin colour to white, it means that the oily secretion has been absorbed. The acne patch should be replaced with a new one.

YUCKS!

Hope none of you are eating when you are reading this post. It is so so gross. It does suck out the dirty stuff a.k.a pus in the pimple and oil around it, but it only works with pimples that have head. I have tried once when the pimple doesn't have head, the miracle doesn't happen. And please don't recycle even if the patches doesn't turn white for hygiene purposes. 

It also flatten the pimples, how nice of it! Also, the pimples were not as red as the night before.

Step 4: 

Keep unused patches in the plastic pouch and store in a cool, dry place.

Step 5: 

If you need to wear makeup, use the acne patch first before applying makeup. 3M Nexcare™ Acne Patch is skin coloured and transparent. Sterility is guaranteed unless individual plastic pouch is opened or damaged.

Will I buy it again? 

Why not? It is easy to use and won't cause any scarring even when I am 'popping' the pimple. But I will only buy it when there are promotion or discount. It is kind of pricey for just 1 sheet of miracle plaster-like stickers.  

*Instruction/steps (Italic and bold) are taken from the 3M Nexcare website,

Review: Jewel Café + Bar

X and I wanted to treat ourselves a good angmoh western breakfast my lovely fluffy pancakes and omelette before our exam starts! But where to find a place along Rangoon Road that serve angmoh breakfast at 9am? Oh... and No McDonald's, please! So our journey begins...

Intend to go back to a cafe that we went for dessert before but they are only open at 9.30am! Damnn! We are 30mins earlier. When we are going to give up our search and walk to Pek Kio Market, we notice this café.

We were really worried that it will not open so early because it is a Café + Bar. When we walked over, we are glad that we are not the only early bird. There are another couple already having their breakfast.

The staff was super attentive. The moment we reach their door, they are already pulling the door open and greeting us! When they hand me their menu, I am attracted to Breakfast page!

This is what we ordered.

Ricotta Pancake with Caramelised Banana, Strawberries and Blueberries.
When we ordered this, the waitress highlighted to us that the pancake is super big and enough to share for two person. Boy, look at the thickness of the pancake ↓ ,we compared them with the knife that was slashing them! So damn thick and fluffy! I am in love with the pancake. The fruits on the other hand wasn't that fresh or sweet. Lemon zested mascaropone the yellow foam thing at the bottom left taste like soda and not to my liking. =X It is okay, the pancake is supposed to be the star anyway!

Omelette.
Bacon, mushroom, ham or smoked salmon. You can choose any two! My choices is mushroom and smoked salmon, just look how stuffed it is ↓. You see the salmonssss that are swimming in the omelette! I love everything on this plate!

Will we come back again?

Of course, we will! I mean where got any other café that served stuffed omelette and super fluffy pancake. Just blogging about it makes me drool.

Jewel Café and Bar

129 Rangoon Road

Singapore 218407

How to get there?
Alight at Farrer Park MRT's Exit B, and..
I don't know how to describe. Please see the map attached below :) Enjoy your meal~

Image Cr: onemap.sg

Review: Blissy Box

During March about 1 week+ before Auntie 'M' visits, I subscribed to Blissy Box (6 month package). Till date, I have received 2 boxes and I think it is time for a review!

So what is Blissy Box?
Ripped from their website," to deliver just what a woman needs when she needs it and make "that time of month" blissful. Something to look forward too."

Ladies and char bo/s out there, you all know that every month, whenever Auntie 'M' visits, she bring along her children like acne, 1001 problems with the stomach like bloating, constipation, or diarrhea, body aches, mood swings and etc. In short, we created a group and named them 'PMS'.

Blissy Box is like a grabbag/box with item you need to prepare yourself for menses/period. It is supposed to make us feel better and won't dread it as much during Auntie 'M''s visit. You get your sanitary pads/tampons THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE BOX, snacks and maybe facial products like masks.

How I find them and what interests me?
Was searching online for any shops that sells sanitary pads because I am too lazy to go Chinatown to get them. I know I am very lazy la! But that's how I met Blissy Box. It was a love at first sight moment, Actually, I fall in love with the pouches(the gold and mint colour one ↓) they were giving out! I know it is very random, but sometime Auntie 'M' makes me buy a lot of things impulsively. Ladies, you know the feeling right.

So let's walk through the subscribing process together.

Step 1:

Intend to just get the 'Pads Only' plan, but I won't have the chance to get the pouches I like. Me die die also want the pouch. So for the pouches, I signed up for the 'Duchess Regular' plan. As a paying customer, I am worried that my box won't be the same as those sponsored bloggers or I might regret subscribing to the plan impulsively for the pouches.

Step 2:

I only use pads and liners from Kotex as they are the only few brand that doesn't make my down south suffer even more during the visit. 

Step 3:

This is my actual date of my last period. and yes, I do monitor them using app in my phone :)

BOX 1 (For March)

YEAH!!!! This is my 1st box. The stickers are my own :)

The inside! Hello there,my gold pouch~

Burpppppp Top row shows all the snacks that they give. Hmmm.. To be honest, I saw some bloggers that received 'Lady Light' have more snacks than me. :( But it is okay, they give Nutella snacks!

Bottom row Really kind of Anna (the girl behind Blissy Box), I have highlighted to her that I have sensitive skin and she include a soothing mask for sensitive skin from innisfree. Two thumbs up for making an effort to understand and know their customer's condition and expectation.

BOX 2 (For April) 

Lai liao lai liao! It is here. 

This box comes with a handwritten note from Anna! So sweet la~

The inside and it comes with my favourite Pepero flavour!

Top the snacks and sanitary pads pouch.

Bottom Again, the most important stuff in the box. 

Conclusion
It is too early for me to decide whether will I continue this box, as the price is slightly steep. But I am impressed by their customer service. The subscription (website) is super user-friendly. When they mailed out your box, they will send you a text and inform you. You can even change the brand and type of pads just via text messages. Anna will even take note of your personal request. This kind of customer service is really hard to find.

Will update my blog after I receive the 3rd and 4th box.
 
Now a short video to make us glad that menses are not a person ;)

Review: Slappy Cakes

While we were roaming around Clarke Quay, X this will be my bf's name on my blog :x chanced upon this article ↓

To celebrate SG50 or some called it Singapore's Jubilee Year, Sentosa are going to waive off all most of their entry fee! So if you are walking there like us, FREE entry for all those walking to Sentosa using the boardwalk!

I LOVE SG50!

For those taking the Sentosa Express, there is no indication that it will be free. Maybe walk the boardwalk and treat it as an exercise. Free entry motivates us~ Even though the article said the free entry will start today, but yesterday when we went there, it was already FREE entry! So we decided to hunt for food in RWS, Sentosa! We wanted to try Insadong Korea Town, but most of the thing that X wanted are sold out! Business too good liao~

 We were attracted to the shop next to it, super striking orange signboard!

Slappy Cakes
Resorts World Sentosa
26 Sentosa Gateway (next to Universal Studios) 
#01-29, Singapore 098269

From the name to the colours they used are really eye-catching and when we saw their menu, DIY PANCAKE really standout the most! Finally, we can play with our food without being judged by adults! Wait, aren't we adults too? 

This will be the sight welcoming you after you ordered DIY Pancake! We will playing real-life Cooking MAMA!

Maple syrup and butter will be provided for free! But the butter need to be so stingy or not? 2 pieces only! Don't worry, those bubbles in the pan are one piece of mini butter!

X is doing his artwork! We wanted to be like those youtube video ↓'s that can draw a lot of cool stuff!

Really, it is close enough! We make outline super obvious! Who I am kidding?! It looks nothing like the youtube video's pancake!


Finally, a decent drawing emerged!

To be honest, the pancake taste a bit salty for me but, totally acceptable for X. He like love salty food! It could be the butter or the cheese from X's pancake.







DIY your own pancake is really fun! X like it thin and crispy like the grid thing he drawn below, while I like it fluffy like the smiley above. there are too many like in one sentence, even I get confused! Not only you can choose the flavours, you can also choose what to add in your own pancake! I love the idea!

When we accidentally threw all our mushrooms inside and start to draw random stuff in~

One thing we noticed in the shop, tables with kids are enjoying the process and laughing while those tables with adults in their 40s and above are "pancake must be round!", "are you sure bacon and cheese can be added into the pancake?!". As for the couples we saw there, most of the time girls are the one drawing and the guy flipping it. Guess X and I don't really bother because we are making our own masterpieces and eating them! HAHAHAH! 

Signing off this post with a pancake drawing of my name..

.. and a totally unrelated photo of the sky taken while walking back to Vivo from Sentosa!

All photos taken with Samsung Note 4 and edited with Line Camera App.

Review: Slim Couture

我毕业了! 

I have graduated!

Let me show off my result!

I know not very impressive if you compare with those people on Slim Couture's FB that lost more than 10kg in just 12 session. They spoil market hor! But my bad, I cheat on my diet during weekends. How can I resist those seductive chicken wings and tempting chocolate bar?! Joke aside~ To me, the result is quite impressive. The last time I was 50kg is when I am in Primary 5. So, imagine the look on my face when I finally reach my targeted weight. Some fairies in Slim Couture told me I can be lighter! Like 48 or 49kg?! That will be my Primary 3-4 weight leh! 

This Chinese New Year was the best. The look on everyone's face is ..

All my relatives and friends really do the action above ↑.

Whenever my relative see me, they praise me in front of my mum and the smirk on her face! Actually, this is also the look on my face when people praise me la~ 

Here are some questions that you guys asked me via email, I will answer them here again.
* Questions will be in Underlined & Italic.

Geena Ginger will answer all your questions! Muahahaha! 

Are you sponsored or bribed to write all this review? No!

How many sessions did you sign up and at which outlet?
Bought 13 sessions from someone else, then 3 more session from Slim Couture at Singapore Shopping Centre (Dhoby Ghaut).

After consultation, how long did you wait before you start your treatment?
I don't really remember, but should be about 1-2 months.

Those expensive lotion you mentioned in your previous post are they compulsory and roughly how much? Do they work?
I am not expert. But I did some experiment like one week I will apply the lotion and one week I won't to see the differences. Yes, it did increase by a bit as compared to the week that I didn't apply the lotion. But it could be due to my diet as well.

Maybe those weight you lose are just water retention?
Maybe. As long as my weight don't bounce back to 51kg, I don't care is it water retention or what. I am happy with my weight now :)

The crazy diet! How did you survive? Can you even eat outside? Can you even go out with friends?!
This diet... I don't know how I survive. Everyday I eat outside. Eg. Chicken Rice without rice and Mixed Veggie Rice without rice 1 Fish, 1 Steamed Egg, 1 Egg Tofu. I still go out with my friends every week! It is a must!! I will just order those dishes without rice. So, can you guess what is the first thing I did when I finish all my session? This picture pretty much sum it all up! ↓

I am glad that I went to Slim Couture. Thanks to all those bloggers that write review about it. And of course, those fairies from Slim Couture for performing those magic on me.

❤❤❤ Slim Couture's 女神们, 谢谢你们的用心良苦! 爱死你们了❤❤❤

Consulation → http://nanapapaya.blogspot.sg/2014/09/slim-couture-consulation.html
During → http://nanapapaya.blogspot.sg/2015/01/review-slim-couture.html

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To all those going to Slim Couture treatment or doing everything you can to be pretty/good looking, give yourself a pat on your back and thank your determination that make you look fantastic. We used to be diamond in the rough, now let's shine bright like a diamond. Remember you did look great, but now you look fantastic!